One of Gina’s favorite holiday events was the “Candlelight Chorus” put on by the Lake Bittersweet high school singing group. If the weather allowed, everyone, students and residents alike, gathered after dusk in the little park next to city hall.
Under the stars and the twinkling fairy lights, people held candles in their mittened hands while the students led them in song. They sang “Silent Night,” “Joy to the World,” “Hallelujah”—the Leonard Cohen version—and other songs that weren’t specifically for Christmas, but that resonated with a spiritual vibe. Every year they added at least one new song; this year it was “Someday at Christmas” by Stevie Wonder.
Gina could still remember the raucous town council meeting at which Steven Gault had challenged Lake Bittersweet to broaden their music
